Ok! I saw Dr. Schaefer last Friday and he is concerned that I am building up a toxicity to treatment, so he advised that I will see the Nurse Practitioner for this round. He explained with me having uncontrollable diarrhea after the one treatment that was a result of low Potassium that he wants to keep an eye on me. he also gave me an Rx for peragoric to use, but I've been fortunate to still control it with the Immodium daily.
In other news, the KRas test came back Positive, which means I would not respond well to the one treatment drug Erbitux, which as it turns out has the bad side-effect of causing a Rash over the entire Body. So now, I don't have to worry about this Drug being used on me and I can still look forward to the usual treatment of drugs. You know, Avastin, Leucavorin, Compustor and 5FU with the Aeoxi, Dexadron and Atropine. With the Leucavorin, there seems to some problems with the 2 Pharmacons who produce it, and there is no supply available, so this will not be included in this round of treatment. The alternative is a pill form of Leucavorin, which comes in a 2.5mg Tablet and requires me to take a whole more then needed and the other alternative IV Drug is usually not covered by all the Insurance Companies.
The CT Scan results showed that the Chest was stable, so I am satisfied that the treatment is working to get rid of the Lesions, a little slower then I would prefer, but it's working.
So, this week I'll take the break and get some personal thihngs taken care of and get caught on things that I've left unattended since before the New Year.
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